据普氏能源资讯4月8日休斯敦报道,业内消息人士说,由于丁二烯现货供应趋紧,美国现货丁二烯价格8日出现上涨。
消息人士说,美国在3月份和4月份出口了2万多吨的丁二烯,这导致了美国国内丁二烯供应呈现紧张。
消息人士说,美国通常是一个欧洲丁二烯净进口国,但是,进口材料的套利自今年年初以来已经结束。
消息人士说,此外,巴斯夫/道达尔在德州阿瑟港的丁二烯生产装置的计划外停产也帮助了收紧丁二烯现货的供应。
他们补充说,这个装置是在3月底停产的,而停产的持续时间无人知晓。阿瑟港的这个装置具有年产9亿磅丁二烯的能力。
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US butadiene spot pricing rising on supply tightness
Houston (Platts)--8 Apr 2016 504 pm EDT/2104 GMT
US spot butadiene prices were talked higher Friday due to tighter spot supply, sources said.
The US exported over 20,000 mt of butadiene to Asia over March and April, which has tightened domestic supply, sources said. The US is typically a net importer of butadiene from Europe, but the arbitrage to import material has been closed since the start of the year, sources said.
In addition, an unplanned outage at BASF/Total's Port Arthur, Texas, butadiene extraction unit has also helped to tighten spot supply, sources said. They added that the unit went down in late March and a duration for the outage was unknown. The Port Arthur unit has a capacity of 900 million lb/year.
BASF could not be immediately reached for comment.